The self-described great-grandson of "Three Stooges" star Moe Howard says he was sexually assaulted on separate occasions by super producers Brad Grey and Brian Graden, according to a new $100 million lawsuit.

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has called for a "prompt" investigation by the House Ethics Committee into sexual abuse allegations against Rep. Tony Cardenas.

The Los Angeles congressman denies claims that he molested a 16-year-old girl in 2007 when he was a city councilman. Cardenas said Thursday that he's the unnamed target of a lawsuit alleging the abuse. His lawyer called the allegations "categorically untrue."

Four more Nike executives exit after harassment allegations inquiry: NYT

(Reuters) - Nike Inc's investigation into workplace behavior has led to the departure of four more top-level executives, raising the total to 10, the New York Times reported nyti.ms/2jHxF1W on Tuesday.

House may strip Tacoma lawmaker of his committee chairmanship based on investigation findings

A House panel will decide next week whether to suspend Tacoma Rep. David Sawyer from his committee chairmanship after preliminary findings from an investigation into his conduct, House Democratic leaders said Friday evening.

The independent investigation into Sawyer's behavior is ongoing, but House leaders said in a news release the inquiry had "confirmed evidence supporting some allegations" against the Democrat, prompting them to take action.

Matt Patricia denied 22-year-old allegations of sexual assault on Wednesday, and the Detroit Lions issued a statement standing by their new head coach.

The Detroit News reported Wednesday that Patricia, then a football player for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and one of his friends were accused of sexually assaulting a woman in South Padre Island, Texas, during spring break in 1996.

NEW YORK — The Pulitzer Prize Board said Thursday it will launch an independent review of the misconduct allegations against Junot Diaz, and that the author will relinquish the role of chairman of the board.

In a statement, the board said that Diaz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and creative writing professor, had asked to relinquish the chairman role, to which he was elected in April on the basis of seniority. Diaz remains on the board, the statement said, adding that he welcomes the review and will cooperate fully with it.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis wants Chile’s bishops to owe up to the “devastating wounds” inflicted on the Church’s credibility by a cover-up of clergy sexual abuse, serving notice that his coming meetings with them will be blunt.

The pope’s unequivocal stand was made clear in a stern Vatican statement on Saturday, ahead of a visit next week by Chilean bishops who Francis summoned for an explanation of why he was misinformed about the extent of the scandal.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs into Law the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act (the “Act”), which we summarized in a previous post. In pertinent part, the Act provides as follows:

Starting immediately, the statute of limitations to filing a gender-based harassment claim with the New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) is extended from one year to three years;

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a key test of a state sexual abuse law, the Utah Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit against a former federal judge accused of assaulting a teenage witness when he was a prosecutor handling a white supremacist serial-killer trial.

The law under consideration allows people who say they were sexually abused to sue decades later. It was passed as recognition that it often takes people years to confront what happened.

Pauley Perrette’s recent “NCIS” departure doesn’t appear to be as routine as once thought.

The 49-year-old actress left the long-running CBS forensic show after 15 seasons last week under what was originally presented as a professional decision. On Twitter, however, she told a different story.

The New York State Senate has passed legislation to expand the types of educational settings required to report child abuse and to increase the professions required to receive training to identify and report abuse.

Under current education law, private schools are not included in requirements to report child abuse in an educational setting, potentially putting students attending private schools at a greater risk, according to information from the state Senate.

The New York State Senate has passed legislation to expand the types of educational settings required to report child abuse and to increase the professions required to receive training to identify and report abuse.

Under current education law, private schools are not included in requirements to report child abuse in an educational setting, potentially putting students attending private schools at a greater risk, according to information from the state Senate.

Private school students are definitely at greater risk, for everything from bullying to sexual harassment/abuse/assault, discrimination of all types, but I'm not sure how to get around it I wish there were a better way to regulate private and home schools at least like we do private business and homebuying/rentals/lending, post Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Housing Rights Act of 1968.

The Los Angeles Times suspended Jonathan Kaiman on Tuesday after former Beijing-based journalist Felicia Sonmez sent a letter to the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China on Monday detailing “problematic behaviour” during a sexual encounter with Kaiman in September.

A self-described Hollywood “It boy” has sued producer Brian Graden, alleging that the former MTV executive used the lure of a potential reality TV series to extort sex.

Rovier Carrington filed the suit in New York Supreme Court. It accuses Graden, a former head of programming at MTV, of destroying his career and stealing his idea for a gay reality dating show. The suit states that Carrington and Graden had a two-year sexual relationship, during which time Graden promised to help produce various reality shows that Carrington was working on.

Yaniv “Nev” Schulman, host of the MTV series “Catfish,” is the latest Hollywood figure to face accusations of sexual misconduct, and the network has suspended filming on the popular reality series to perform an investigation.

“We take these allegations very seriously,” an MTV spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday. “We’re working with Critical Content, our third party production company, to conduct a thorough investigation and we’ve put a pause on shooting until the investigation is completed.”

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Outside investigators on Thursday cleared a California assemblywoman who was once at the forefront of the state's #MeToo movement of allegations that she groped a male staff member in 2014.

NEW YORK, May 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 18, 2018, Judge George Daniels of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed Andrea Tantaros' suit against Fox News and Pete Snyder due to the complaint being "based primarily on speculation and conjecture," and "fail[ing] to adequately make out the basic elements of [Tantaros'] claims."

Pete Snyder, a successful entrepreneur and technology angel capital investor, was wrongfully included in the lawsuit, a point clearly shared by Judge Daniels. In dismissing her unsubstantiated allegations, the judge rejected her claims that Pete Snyder's contract to be an on-air contributor tied him to any alleged efforts by Fox to discredit her.

“The Fifth Element” director Luc Besson has been accused of drugging and raping a young actress in a Paris hotel, according to multiple media reports.

As first reported by Europe 1, the unidentified woman, who has worked with Besson on two movies, filed a complaint with authorities Friday morning, accusing him of drugging her tea and then sexually abusing her while she was unconscious.

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